Summary: Barb Wire generally received negative reactions by critics and was a box office bomb. It holds a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews (10 positive, 27 negative), with the consensus stating that "Barb Wire could've been fun camp, but Pamela Anderson can't deliver her lines with any dramatic or comedic impact". Roger Ebert pointed out that the film's plot was identical to that of Casablanca.
